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The Latest: 01/26/2025 05:59am ET
This is your 24/7 news update, the latest news this hour in just four minutes. Four female Israelis held captive by Hamas since October of 2023 are now back in Israel. The four soldiers were released Saturday in exchange for 200 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. While the Israeli Prime Minister's office says Palestinian civilians will not be allowed to move back into their homes in northern Gaza, as planned because an Israeli female civilian that was supposed to be released Saturday was not among those set free. As President Trump says he wants to clean out the Gaza Strip and is urging Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinian refugees, we get more from Jim Ford's. Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One late Saturday and said he had a phone call with King Abdullah II of Jordan and told him quote, "I love for you to take on more because I'm looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it's a mess." Trump said he would be talking with the Egyptian president on Sunday. Millions of Palestinian refugees are living in camps in Egypt, Jordan, and other Middle Eastern countries. Egypt has said it will not take in any more Palestinian refugees. I'm Jim Forbes. A Florida man is now under arrest for threatening to kill President Trump. Police in West Palm Beach said Saturday they had arrested a man who allegedly made threats on social media. After getting a tip January 19th that Shannon Atkins was making threats on Facebook, Atkins was arrested Friday night near his home in West Palm Beach. He faces one count of written or electronic threats and charges of possession of cocaine. Beauty Supply Company first aid beauty is recalling more than 2,700 jars of skin cream. 14 ounce jars of ultra repair cream coconut vanilla meant for quarantine, but were mistakenly sold on the company's direct to consumer website. The FDA says the cream poses a class two risk. Meaning exposure can cause temporary negative health effects. I'm Scott Carr. Under the new Trump administration, the Department of Justice now says it will largely stop the prosecution of any individuals actively preventing women from getting reproductive health care. Brian Schook has more. It's currently illegal for protesters to block entrances, damage property, or threaten patients in front of reproductive health clinics. On Friday, the DOJ said it will now reflect President Trump's position on abortion access and will reduce efforts to charge protesters who stop women from going into places like Planned Parenthood. Trump has already pardoned protesters who injured a nurse and harassed patients at a female health care clinic in 2023. While in an action started under the previous administration, pharma giant Pfizer will pay almost $60 million to settle charges of allegedly paying kickbacks to doctors who prescribed the migraine drug Nertech ODT to patients. The Justice Department says the scheme involved improper gifts of expensive meals and speaker fees to encourage physicians to prescribe the medication from biohaven. The lawsuit accuses biohaven of defrauding Medicare and other federal health care by violating an anti-kickback statute. The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ross Baraka, is lashing out after immigration customs and enforcement agents raided a business there. Scott Prinkle has more from New Jersey. Mayor Baraka says he's upset and angry after hearing ICE agents raided ocean seafood depot Thursday and then detained illegal immigrants, U.S. citizens, and questioned a military vet after he showed ID. The problem with this is that none of these people were rapists or murderers or criminals. ICE would not comment on the raids itself, but says agents may encounter citizens while conducting field work, as was the case in Newark. Kia is recalling over 80,000 of its narrow vehicles for issues with its seat belt and airbags. Federal safety regulators say adjusting the front passenger seat could cause serious safety risks by damaging wiring that controls the features. I'm Scott Carr.